News VE Day: UK marking 75th anniversary of end of WWII in Europe.

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Along with many countries.

Its scaled back here because of you know what.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52577473

The last German military communications decoded at Bletchley Park in World War Two have been revealed to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52583322

 

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Berliners have been given an unprecedented public holiday, to mark the end of World War Two in Europe but also liberation from Nazi rule.
Not since reunification has a German city acknowledged 8 May as a day of liberation in this way; some Berliners are unaware of its significance.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-52574748

 

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Russian military aircraft swooped through the skies above an empty Red Square which, in normal circumstances, would be packed with spectators.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world...-russia-swaps-victory-day-parade-for-air-show

Coronavirus: Belarus WW2 parade defies pandemic and upstages Putin

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-52574749